Triangle Petroleum (TPLMQ) 10-Q 2009 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Triangle Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending October 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mark Gustafson, Principal Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Triangle Petroleum Corporation and will be retained by Triangle Petroleum Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Date:  December 11, 2008	By:	/s/ MARK GUSTAFSON
	Mark Gustafson
	Chief Executive Officer